Word: objections
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would seem that world foreign policies can be divided into two types: peace-at-any-price and brink-of-war. Thank goodness our Secretary of State has the courage to place justice and morality in international affairs above peace. I'm not surprised that the British object to this type of foreign policy. After all, one of their leaders carried his umbrella to Munich. But it is a source of disappointment that some Democrats are so hard pressed for an election-year issue...
...object of the new plan is to recruit 100,000 young men for the Ready Reserves by or before June, 1957, at which time the program will be discontinued. Slashing the service period, Wilson hopes, would induce young men to join the Ready Reserve units...
...landless South Pacific is a danger area; shipmasters and airplane pilots traverse it at their peril. The U.S. Navy and Air Force take tip surveillance of the area; radar tracking crews from Alaska to New Guinea stand by their gear. On one of these days, a small, swift object rises steeply from the Kamchatka Peninsula. It soars into space on a curve 500 miles high, curves downward even more swiftly toward the danger area. For a few seconds it glows like a meteor, trailing a bright streak of flame. Then out of the sea rises a dome of fire...
...older surgeon is supervising a young surgeon in an operation to remove a cyst from a small boy's neck. He keeps repeating phrases like "spread and cut" or "stay close to the object you're removing" to impress operative technique on his charge. "What are you scared of?" he needles the young surgeon. "This is lots...
...raciest-and most profane-language that has ever been heard on TV. The author: Noel Coward, who also acted with silky efficiency in his Blithe Spirit, on CBS's Ford Star Jubilee. As for the sprinkling of "hells" and "damns" in his play, Coward observed coldly: "People who object to the profanity in Blithe Spirit are crackpots, and Mr. Ford should be happy if even one of them doesn't buy his car. They would be a menace on the highway...